John 18:37

Webster's Bible (1833)

Pilate therefore said to him, "Are you a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."

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  • 1 John 4:6 : 6 We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn't listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
  • John 8:14 : 14 Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don't know where I came from, or where I am going.
  • John 8:47 : 47 He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don't hear, because you are not of God."
  • 1 John 3:19 : 19 And by this we know that we are of the truth, and persuade our hearts before him,
  • John 14:6 : 6 Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
  • Isa 55:4 : 4 Behold, I have given him for a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander to the peoples.
  • Matt 26:64 : 64 Jesus said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, henceforth you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."
  • Mark 15:2 : 2 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered, "So you say."
  • Luke 23:3 : 3 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "So you say."
  • John 3:32 : 32 What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.
  • John 7:17 : 17 If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
  • Luke 22:70 : 70 They all said, "Are you then the Son of God?" He said to them, "You say it, because I AM."
  • Matt 27:11 : 11 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, "So you say."
  • Mark 14:62 : 62 Jesus said, "I AM. You will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of the sky."
  • 1 Tim 6:13 : 13 I charge you before God, who gives life to all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate testified the good confession,
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:
  • 1 John 3:14 : 14 We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. He who doesn't love his brother remains in death.
  • 1 John 5:20 : 20 We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
  • Rev 1:4 : 4 John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;
  • Rev 3:14 : 14 "To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: "The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God's creation, says these things:
  • John 10:26-27 : 26 But you don't believe, because you are not of my sheep, as I told you. 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

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  • 82%

    38 Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, "I find no basis for a charge against him.

    39 But you have a custom, that I should release someone to you at the Passover. Therefore do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

  • 81%

    32 that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.

    33 Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"

    34 Jesus answered him, "Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you about me?"

    35 Pilate answered, "I'm not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered you to me. What have you done?"

    36 Jesus answered, "My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn't be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here."

  • 2 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered, "So you say."

  • Luke 23:2-3
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    2 They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."

    3 Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "So you say."

  • 11 Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, "So you say."

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    21 The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, "Don't write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'he said, I am King of the Jews.'"

    22 Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written."

  • 12 Pilate again asked them, "What then should I do to him whom you call the King of the Jews?"

  • John 19:5-15
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    5 Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, "Behold, the man!"

    6 When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him."

    7 The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."

    8 When therefore Pilate heard this saying, he was more afraid.

    9 He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.

    10 Pilate therefore said to him, "Aren't you speaking to me? Don't you know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?"

    11 Jesus answered, "You would have no power at all against me, unless it were given to you from above. Therefore he who delivered me to you has greater sin."

    12 At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you release this man, you aren't Caesar's friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!"

    13 When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called "The Pavement," but in Hebrew, "Gabbatha."

    14 Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour.{noon} He said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"

    15 They cried out, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"

  • John 8:45-46
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    45 But because I tell the truth, you don't believe me.

    46 Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

  • 21 Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Behold, these know the things which I said."

  • John 8:25-26
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    25 They said therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.

    26 I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world."

  • 9 Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release to you the King of the Jews?"

  • 13 Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many things they testify against you?"

  • John 8:13-14
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    13 The Pharisees therefore said to him, "You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid."

    14 Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don't know where I came from, or where I am going.

  • 70 They all said, "Are you then the Son of God?" He said to them, "You say it, because I AM."

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    29 Pilate therefore went out to them, and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?"

    30 They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up to you."

  • 23 He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.

  • John 18:4-5
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    4 Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went forth, and said to them, "Who are you looking for?"

    5 They answered him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said to them, "I AM." Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.

  • John 18:7-8
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    7 Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."

    8 Jesus answered, "I told you that I AM. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,"

  • 4 Pilate again asked him, "Have you no answer? See how many things they testify against you!"

  • 33 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

  • 22 Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"

  • 23 Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken evil, testify of the evil; but if well, why do you beat me?"

  • 30 Jesus answered, "This voice hasn't come for my sake, but for your sakes.

  • 17 When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?"

  • 28 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don't know.

  • 19 Pilate wrote a title also, and put it on the cross. There was written, "JESUS OF NAZARETH, THE KING OF THE JEWS."